people from doing this. holding the perpetrators of fertility fraud accountable, i think, says several things. first of all, we re not in the 70s and 80s any longer. so, when we hold these doctors accountable, it affirms patients autonomy. it affirms that doctors cannot merely replace what they want to do for the will of the patient. so, did we decide, are we going to do the family dinner- when it s my turn, just on. i think we should because it s your turn to host the family dinner anyways, right? we had the option of feeling sorry for ourselves and doing nothing and staying hidden. or we could go public and file a lawsuit and pass laws and try and make something positive come out of this. and so that s the route we ve chosen. the emmons family, along with other possible offspring of dr paul bjones, have sued him for the alleged unconsented use of his sperm in many procedures that took
i am nothing to my biological father. that hurts. it seems so cold and calculated, and it is something so foreign to who i am and how i go through life, and how i experience my relationships, that it s hard for me to relate to someone like that. but at what point do you become so callous to this and so calculated that this is just a normal routine? like, how does this become normalised for him? the bbc reached out to both dr kim mcmorries in texas and dr paul bjones in colorado. neither responded to our multiple requests for comment. i feel like this circumstance bringing us together has really been the only silver lining to this entire situation. to be able to look at someone and see a bit of yourself, it was a unique and new experience for me that i found very settling and comforting.
would you say you trusted him? yes, very much so. cheryl and john also fell victim to their fertility doctor, dr paul bjones of grand junction, colorado. they went to him twice for help in the 1980s. and both times, he allegedly used his own sperm without their consent to inseminate cheryl. there was no law against this in colorado at the time. this is a photo - of tahnee being born. and you can see drjones- in the photo delivering tahnee as well as his nurse that was attending. yeah, it s surreal and. ..kind of gross. his story to us, or to me, was that there s a lot of medical students that come down and they were the donors, and that s what he said to me. i just. i lost all respect for him.
and try and make something positive come out of this. and so that s the route we ve chosen. the emmons family, along with other possible offspring of dr paul bjones, have sued him for the alleged unconsented use of his sperm in many procedures that took place between 1975 and 1989. in drjones s defence, he said cheryl had consented to being inseminated with sperm of an anonymous donor, and that s what she got. poor cat. i know, he worked all night. the toughest part is waiting for some sort of resolution. j the courts move slow. we are constantly just. .. hurry up and wait has kind of been the last two years, i and you reallyjust want answers and closures. i this has turned ourl family upside down. we re very quiet homebodies, stick to ourselves. and here we are forced i into a situation we didn t
hi! well, i had had testicular cancer that made it difficult for me to father a child. between the two of us, we sought out drjones to help us conceive and start a family. would you say you trusted him? yes, very much so. cheryl and john also fell victim to their fertility doctor, dr paul bjones of grand junction, colorado. they went to him twice for help in the 1980s. and, both times, he allegedly used his own sperm without their consent to inseminate cheryl. there was no law against this in colorado at the time. this is a photo - of tahnee being born. and you can see drjones- in the photo delivering tahnee as well as his nurse that was attending. yeah, it s surreal and. ..kind of gross.